West Haven, Conn. – Brie Pergola hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 49 seconds remaining to lead the University of New Haven to a 52-49 win over the Le Moyne College women's basketball team in the Northeast-10 Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Charger Gymnasium.

Redshirt junior guard Liz Millea (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) led a pair of Dolphins in double figures with 13 points, including six in the fourth quarter, to go along with four rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocked shots. Senior guard McKayla Roberts (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) tallied 12 points, four assists and four steals.

Pergola finished the game with nine points, three assists and three rebounds. Aurora Deshaies, a 2019 Bishop Ludden graduate, led the Chargers in scoring with 13 points, including seven in the first quarter, while adding four rebounds. Micah Wormack led all players in the game with 14 rebounds, including six offensive, and five blocked shots, while posting eight rebounds.

New Haven opened the game with the first eight points to force a Le Moyne timeout just 2:24 into the contest. Deshaies started the scoring with a lay-up, Wormack followed with a free throw, Deshaies recorded a conventional three-point play and then Wormack connected on a jumper in the paint.

After the Dolphins got on the scoreboard and Deshaies answered with a jumper, the Dolphins rattled off 13 of the next 15 points to take the lead. Roberts started the streak with a three-pointer, sophomore guard Cameron Tooley (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) followed with one of her own, Millea made a jumper, Roberts registered a conventional three-point play for the lead and then Millea made another jumper to force a New Haven timeout.

Following a pair of baskets in the paint by the Chargers, Roberts drained a shot from just inside half court at the buzzer to give the Dolphins an 18-16 lead after 10 minutes of play.

New Haven scored the first five points of the second quarter to take the lead back. Luzdali Ocasio hit a three-pointer for the lead and Jasmine White followed with a fast-break lay-up.

After Tooley connected on a three-pointer to knot the score at 21 with 6:23 left in the half, the Chargers scored the last six points of the quarter. Sydney Richard made a three-pointer with 5:04 left for the lead and Camryn DeBose added one of her own with 3:19 remaining to put New Haven up 27-21, which would be the score going into the intermission.

Deshaies opened the scoring in the third quarter to put the Chargers up eight, but the Dolphins answered with six points in 42 seconds to get back within two. Sophomore forward Emma Brinker (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) recorded a conventional three-point play and then Millea buried a three-pointer with 8:23 to go.

The teams went back and forth the remainder of the quarter as New Haven's lead bounced between three and six points and settled at 39-36 after three quarters of play following a Tooley three-pointer with 10 seconds left.

The Chargers scored the first three points of the fourth quarter to extend their lead back to six with 7:07 to go.

Le Moyne answered with eight consecutive points to take its first lead since the opening minutes of the second quarter. Millea made a free throw, sophomore forward Jenna Zimmerman (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) drilled a three-pointer, Millea made a fast-break lay-up to even the score and then senior forward Colleen Corcoran (Beverly, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) hit a jumper in the paint with 4:48 to go for the lead.

Deshaies answered with two free throws to tie the score and Pergola followed with one foul shot for a 45-44 lead with 3:21 to play.
 
After Corcoran made another jumper in the paint with 2:04 left to put the Dolphins back in front, Pergola drained her first three-pointer of the game 21 seconds later.

Millea gave the Dolphins their last lead of the game with a three-pointer with 1:16 remaining. Pergola answered back 27 seconds later with the go-ahead three-pointer.

Following an empty possession by the Dolphins, Luzdali drew a foul with 30 seconds left and converted one of the free throws for a three-point lead. After calling timeout, the Dolphins had a pair of three-point attempts in the final seven seconds, but each was off the mark.
 
Le Moyne (3-3, 0-1 NE10), which has dropped five of its last seven games at Chargers Gymnasium, opens its home NE10 schedule on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. against The College of Saint Rose.